Focus: Music in Contemporary Japan "explores a diversity of musics being performed in Japan today, ranging from court genres to hardcore rock. Discussion of contemporary musical practice is situated within broader frames of musical and sociopolitical history. "

Part I: Japanese Music in Cultural Context "provides an overview of key characteristics of Japanese culture that inform the performance of many musics, addressing how geography, politics, religion, and cultural exchange have long shaped the quality of Japanese artistic expressions. "Part II: Japanese Music and Percussion" looks...

Focus: Music in Contemporary Japan "explores a diversity of musics being performed in Japan today, ranging from court genres to hardcore rock. Discussion of contemporary musical practice is situated within broader frames of musical and sociopolitical history. "

Part I: Japanese Music in Cultural Context "provides an overview of key characteristics of Japanese culture that inform the performance of many musics, addressing how geography, politics, religion, and cultural exchange have long shaped the quality of Japanese artistic expressions. "Part II: Japanese Music and Percussion" looks...